Democrats simply don't 'get it'

There is one undeniable fact that keeps Democrats out of the
White House; it has been right in front of them for as long as I
care to remember.

Even Republicans, at their own peril, have tried to "teach" what
seems to me now to be un-teachable Democrats this incredibly
valuable lesson to no avail. And in this regard, I don't "get
it."

Since FDR, how many Democrat Presidents have been asked to hang
around for a second term? One - Bill Clinton. (Truman doesn't count
as he was only elected President once.) Yet, the real question is
how many Democrat Presidential elections were lost when the
circumstances surrounding those elections should have been a
cake-walk for them?

In 1968, Republican President Nixon promised to get us out of
Vietnam. By the election of 1972 he had kept that promise - by
moving us into Cambodia. This was a very contentious issue during
that time. Additionally, Watergate had been clearly exposed prior
to that election; yet the chants of "four more years" was more
acceptable to the voters than "two-four-six-eight, we don't want
your Watergate!"

Fast-forward to 2000 - On the heels of such a successful Clinton
presidency, how could Gore have been bested by "W" who was
characterized as an idiot even then? Dimpled, hanging or any other
type of "chad" should have never entered our national lexicon had
the election proceeded as all believed it should have. What
happened?

2004 - Here we have a new war, the genesis of which was already
then shrouded by suspicions of illegalities, lies and other sordid
"high crimes and misdemeanors" perpetrated by the sitting President
and those under his authority. Why did Kerry lose?

2008 - In spite of desperately attempting to link McCain to Bush
insofar as policies are concerned, Obama is not enjoying what
should easily be a presidential election campaign of historic
proportions. A Republican president sitting on the lowest polling
numbers in the history of statistics has resulted in a race that is
becoming more and more in doubt for Obama. Why?

So, why have these things happened to Democrat contenders? The
answer is simple - "Liberalism" doesn't work. Now, that is
something the voters do "get."